Being Liberal

Being Liberal, a popular social media political brand, was one of the first channels to go live on Maven and can be found here.

Launched on Facebook in 2009, Being Liberal is among Facebook’s oldest political communities, influencing an organically grown audience of more than 1.6 million. It was founded by Wojtek Wacowski, a social media strategist who formerly served as an editor of Upworthy.

Born and raised in Gdansk, Poland, Wojtek witnessed the birth of the popular Solidarity Movement following socio-political changes in Eastern Europe which culminated in the fall of Berlin Wall in 1989. Being Liberal’s goal is to engage in and facilitate public debate among liberally minded people and to reclaim the label “liberal” as a badge of honor in American politics by reconnecting with the legacies of FDR and John F. Kennedy.